John Chardine
10-12-2008, 06:56 PM
I have a neat situation at home where I can photograph a feeder station about 5 m away from a back room of the house. It's a very comfortable blind/hide setup!
While waiting for chickadees and goldfinches to perch on nearby branches, I spotted some movement above in the Jackpine. I was amazed to see a Yellow-shafted Flicker looking down at me. Remarkably, most of the upper body and head of the bird was not obscured by branches so I fired off three exposures. Blur lower right is OOF parts of the tree.
For those outside the Americas, flickers are a diverse group of New World woodpeckers. This species spends a lot of time on the ground and rarely does what woodpeckers do.
Image was lightly cropped for comp. BG was run over with a blur brush and BG highlights were burned-in to reduce impact.
Hope you like! Comments welcome!
Canon EOS 40D, 500mm f4
capture date: Sunday, October 12, 2008 3:55:27 PM
exposure program: Aperture Priority
ISO speed: 640
shutter speed: 1/800
aperture: f4.0
exposure bias: -0.3
metering: Pattern
flash: ON, auto, -1 2/3 (I think), no beamer
While waiting for chickadees and goldfinches to perch on nearby branches, I spotted some movement above in the Jackpine. I was amazed to see a Yellow-shafted Flicker looking down at me. Remarkably, most of the upper body and head of the bird was not obscured by branches so I fired off three exposures. Blur lower right is OOF parts of the tree.
For those outside the Americas, flickers are a diverse group of New World woodpeckers. This species spends a lot of time on the ground and rarely does what woodpeckers do.
Image was lightly cropped for comp. BG was run over with a blur brush and BG highlights were burned-in to reduce impact.
Hope you like! Comments welcome!
Canon EOS 40D, 500mm f4
capture date: Sunday, October 12, 2008 3:55:27 PM
exposure program: Aperture Priority
ISO speed: 640
shutter speed: 1/800
aperture: f4.0
exposure bias: -0.3
metering: Pattern
flash: ON, auto, -1 2/3 (I think), no beamer